ARIA CHRONICLE
Really good turn-based RPG game with a lite Darkest Dungeon exploration style. Less punishing than DD but is damn fun nonetheless. Here are my opinions.
Good things:
- Classes are cool and non feel as if their skill sets are useless. Roles (DPS, healer, support, mixed, etc) are somewhat still a thing but can mix and match as one prefers (at moment, I have been 3 playthrough including Arena with different mix of classes). DLC invoker is weak imo but someone might find a combo that work well.
– Real player with 102.1 hrs in game
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It’s a very fun little game.
The gameplay loop in battle is focused on buffs, debuffs, timing burst windows and sustaining your party only when necessary. It can take a bit of time to get used to things like action order - which is based on speed and can be manipulated to set up burst, elemental weaknesses and secondary elemental effects, and the prevalence of strong debuffs that can shut your party down completely if you ignore them. Of specific note is the poison debuff, which in other rpgs is a ticking dot, but here is a 3 turn countdown which instantly kills the afflicted character. Another strong one is electrocution, which prevents the use of skills, and since the entire game is based around skills, it’s one to cleanse immediately (until later on in the game where you get some gear that actually makes you stronger while electrocuted!) Definitely get used to checking your tooltips.
– Real player with 65.8 hrs in game
Faraway Qualia
So far, I’d recommend this. If you know Japanese well enough. A machine translation being worth it or not, I can’t comment on. The story might get a little lost in translation. The gameplay is very easy to follow and should be much less problematic, especially because the game makes it very easy to see where to go, and what to make.
The protagonist is an alchemist, who comes to a tiny village in search of a new cauldron, as her old one unfortunately broke. She is accompanied by someone, kind of part of her family, that helps her out. While at first not very much welcomed, and the village seems to be not quite what she imagined, it turns out there actually is a cauldron around. Though the villagers considered it a.. bath tub. Oh well. With this cauldron she’s able to help the villagers out with their troubles, to slowly become more trusted. All the while new characters come to this really tiny villain, and about everything and everyone seems to have a secret behind it. The village itself, as the villagers don’t make it a secret that they HAVE a secret, our main alchemy girl herself getting assaulted by a weird flashy lightning similar to when her previous cauldron broke, and new traveler that seem to know a bit too much about their handiwork for just being a random traveler.
– Real player with 23.8 hrs in game
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JRPG + alchemy + cute = Meltria is the birthplace of alchemy. Kill monsters and gather materials for alchemy to help make people happy. Maps have a set of battle nodes with a farming node at the end.
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– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
Lost Dimension
Lost Dimension is another PS Vita game that got unnoticed (also released for PS3 too), and ported onto Steam. Needless to say, I’ve heard about the game since last year thanks to it’s catchy final boss theme, but because it was on the Vita, I could never get itplay . But since it’s on Steam I finally have the chance to play it.
Pros:
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Interesting mysteries in the story, and a great reveal for them
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The areas are really cool to look at, same with the models of allies and enemies
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The portraits have hair physics and look sweet
– Real player with 38.5 hrs in game
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Lost Dimension is one of those games that’s between a thumbs-up and thumbs-down for me. Lost Dimension definitely has some good aspects, and some bad aspects. Since I enjoyed the game enough to do two playthroughs and get all the achievements, I’ll lean towards a recommendation.
Lost Dimension has a decent premise, but rather weak execution. Eleven heroic teenagers are sent to save the world and ascend a tower. Unfortunately, among the team are traitors that will betray the team, but will need to assist the team as they too have reasons to ascend the tower. These traitors are randomly generated per playthrough yet easy enough to discover, but comes off to me as a very interesting idea regardless. Whomever you’ve deemed to remove from your team leaves behind their abilities you’ve unlocked, and can give your team varied builds.
– Real player with 32.6 hrs in game
Mugen Souls
Just like its demon-turned-angel character, this game has difficulty deciding what it wants to be. Which is unfortunately, as it is a good game. It tries to sell itself on its “sexyness” when in fact, it is hardly present. It tries a lot of gameplay mechanisms but does not really perfect any of them. And I guess that it unfortunately is partially reflected on its score.
So, first, contrary to what the screenshots would suggest, this game has very mild and sparse “sexy content”, to the exlusion of the bath scenes that concludes each chapter. In fact, once you’re past the 1st chapter, it becomes an after-thought story-wise. Maybe the result of the censorship (?), but in my case that striked a good balance.
– Real player with 105.2 hrs in game
A game as absurd as it is full of kinks and innuendo as it is fun.
NOTE 1: Pressing R2 can skip battle animations! or you can disable them entirely in the config menu. This is very important for making the grind go faster.
NOTE 2: The free DLC is nothing but OP items that make the game impossible to lose. Disable DLC in the title screen menu before you press New Game if you want to enjoy playing through it vanilla.
Now, onto the review!/Mechanics Summary!
The story can be described in two words: Galactic domination. You play as (say it with me now) a loli heroine who has amnesia, but instead of saving the world you’re going to 7 different planets subjugating each one along the way. This is done by finding the strongest people on every planet and forcing them to join you. Like all Compile Heart games you’ll end up with a large cast of different personalities who are all hilarious to see interact with one another. Sounds fun? It is. Until the grind.
– Real player with 50.7 hrs in game
Dreams of Fear
You and your father are leaving your lives behind to start anew in the small town of Agora, but upon arriving and unpacking, you discover some old photo albums containing pictures of your long lost brother!
Journey through the quaint town of Agora, the institution of Geloto, the ruined city of Geats, the vast desert of Nosto, and the snowy lab of Nycto, making friends, reliving memories, and having fun along the way. Discovering just what ‘Family’, ‘Love’, and ‘Memory’ truly mean.
Being able to choose what you want to do in a lot of situations is important in how players will experience the game. There aren’t any wrong choices, only your choices! What kind of life will you end up seeing based on those choices? You can only find out by playing!
Dreams of Fear includes the following features:
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Funny dialogue interactions!
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Fighting dangerous foes!
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Dancing in the middle of a fight!
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Visiting a dangerous woods!
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Breaking someone’s precious plate!
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Using your Dream to win over enemies!
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Fighting against your towering dad!
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Talking to a cat!
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Talking to another cat?
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Button mashing attacking!
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NPC’s who all look strangely like each other!
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and so much more!
Elysium Above 履云录
About Elysium Above
Elysium Above is a Wargame developed using Unity 3D.
Game Feature
In the game, the player acts as a low-level counsellor of Bo, the small state by the East Sea, defending this newly recovered state against the onslaughts from enemies by your excellent deployment and strategy, looking into the needs of every party and lead the story to different finales by your select.
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This is a half-real-time game. Before using up the strategy points, a unit may move and use skills as your wish. But the more points you consume, the later next act will come. Keep your eyes on the Order of Action, and use your strategy to defeat all enemies.
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If you arrange a character’s active skills and passive skills differently, he will join the battle in different roles.
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By gaining Complete Victory, joining the activities between battles, finishing side quests, recruiting new teammates and gaining cohesiveness, you may acquire all kinds of benefits.
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By travelling through Bo and collecting treasures(there are tens of treasures available), you may strengthen your teammates. Besides, some important items may affect the finale!
About Wanyan World
This is the Continent of Wanyan.
Wanyan, an enfeoffment kingdom lasted for thousands of years, though having enjoyed a long time of peace, is now at the brink of division. Its authority as a suzerain is declining, and its vassals are fighting against each other. Thousands of war is crushing numerous states and killing countless people.
Lu, a traditional military state, has developed into a first-tier power by annexing surrounding states.
The newly born Seven State Alliance under State Hong’s leading is at the confrontation against Lu. Meanwhile, it is appealing to more states to join it.
Between the two superpowers, there is the main stage of our story - Bo.
Bo was crushed by Lu’s sudden attack eleven years ago. Facing the irretrievable fate, King Kui chose to be a martyr for the fallen state, and the older prince Huang Zhu escaped to Hong in the south with the third prince. Since then, Bo’s land is under the control of Lu.
Eleven years later, to restore the state, Huang Zhu led an army to fight back by the chance when Lu garrison was not aware.
But since then, the threat of war and death is hanging over the coast of the East Sea.
This battle attracted all sorts of factions with each one’s purpose. Maybe this war of restoration is simply the beginning of a series of chaos…
Fate of WINDSHIFT
LOVE AND HATE.
that’s how i feel about this game
LOVE
for the simple fact that I love anime-style games that have that old Japanese vibe and that music that is so relaxing
designs so rich that they captivate a lot
HATE
I’m not that good at thinking about the attacks I need to be able to finish off the demons, it cost me a lot to know that
I can also say that at first it was difficult for me to understand why he died but then I saw that I was missing an object that is obtained at the beginning of the game
– Real player with 9.1 hrs in game
Fate of WINDSHIFT is a game full of great surprises. Surprises such as the artistic design of its characters that are very well achieved and with a very beautiful level of detail in their costumes and physical characteristics that can be better appreciated during the dialogues. It is a turn-based J-RPG that has a certain degree of initial difficulty if you compare it with other games of the genre and that is experienced by the player during the first fight that performs its function adequately as a tutorial, but with some peculiarities such as the skills of each character that transform the battle system into a good combination. As the game’s story unfolds, and the development of the characters progresses, you can appreciate the interactions between them and how this element enriches the experience and the story itself.
– Real player with 9.0 hrs in game
Role of Remains
A man who has lost his beloved family ventures into sinister underground ruins in search of a mysterious “wonder.” He goes deep into the darkness, all for the sake of what he has lost…
Role of Remains is a story-driven strategic turn-based RPG. We offer you a grandiose atmosphere and a rewarding game experience, featuring a uniquely gloomy and melancholic world view combined with battles full of tension and sense of achievement.
Features:
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A highly rewarding RPG experience with a unique somber atmosphere, comprising a fascinating story and gripping battles.
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Event scenes centered on texts using movie-like production effects.
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Strategic battle system. The more you play, the more you understand, and challenging battles increase your confidence. To put it simply, “Distract your enemy and catch him off guard! Block your enemy’s attacks!”
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Searching a dungeon with the constant risk of death. Well-planned exploration taking into account reduced stamina.
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Characters develop in line with a detailed skill tree.
Skautfold: Knight’s End
Knights End - The final part of the Skautfold Series is finally here!
Yet again bringing a new style of game play this one features A Timeline based Rpg system while incorporating The Guard System from previous games, The Result fast paced unique combat which like usual takes a while to learn but as soon as perfected Is really fun to play.
Lots of different types of enemies keep it interesting with bosses featuring different mechanics which put a spin on what you’re normally used to.
Now The game is in early access but Is patched extremely frequently and the Dev welcomes feedback and Fixes bugs as soon as they’re reported.
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
Good so far. Interesting spin on a sort of time-based turn based battle system. Very moody atmosphere, very detailed enemies, and lots of different kinds. Fun sort of metroidvania element to world navigation.
Developer puts out patches very quickly.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Suits: Absolute Power
Coming from someone who has also played the first game, the level of improvement in this sequel is absolutely incredible.
-Unique dialogue for quite literally every interactable object in the game
-Amazing and unique battle themes for every enemy
-PHENOMENAL art style that you’ll see with all the different enemy designs (and their corrupted versions)
-And a much more engaging story that further develops the characters as well as expanding on the setting from the first Suits game in such a great way
– Real player with 24.0 hrs in game
This is coming from someone that hasn’t beaten the game yet, but really have been enjoying the game and definitely recommend, but just to give my opinion right now… (although not the best reviewer but want to give a good rating for the game too!)
Comparing between Suits: A Business RPG and this game… I can tell the devs really put a lot of work into this game as well as continuing to do so as, if there is a bug spotted in the game they will fix that ASAP when they see the message for it (and if you report it on their Discord, they’ve fixed bugs in literally less than 5 minutes after reporting it!)
– Real player with 21.2 hrs in game